Incorporation and effects of punicic acid on muscle and adipose tissues of rats

Table 2 Fatty acids (FAs) profile in gastrocnemius muscle tissue of rats supplemented with different oils

FAs (%)	Control	LNA 1 %	LNA 2 %	LNA 4 %	CLNA 1 %	CLNA 2 %	CLNA 4 %
C16:0	21.0 ± 0.6	20.1 ± 0.7	20.3 ± 0.8	20.6 ± 1.0	23.3 ± 2.2	23.1 ± 2.0	23.0 ± 2.8
C18:0	14.6 ± 2.4	15.0 ± 0.8	15.1 ± 1.8	17.5 ± 1.7	15.7 ± 1.8	16.0 ± 2.2	16.9 ± 2.6
C18:1c ω-9	11.2 ± 4.6	10.3 ± 0.2	9.7 ± 1.7	8.8 ± 1.5	12.1 ± 5.5	11.1 ± 5.3	10.0 ± 3.1
C18:2c ω-6	26.7 ± 1.4	27.6 ± 1.3	26.8 ± 1.5	25.0 ± 0.9	26.3 ± 3.6	26.1 ± 1.7	25.9 ± 2.4
C18:3c ω-3	1.0 ± 0.3^a	2.4 ± 0.2^b	3.7 ± 0.7^bc	4.4 ± 1.2	0.9 ± 0.4^a	1.0 ± 0.3^a	0.9 ± 0.2^a
CLA 9c11t					1.3 ± 0.4^a	2.3 ± 0.6^ab	3.4 ± 1.1^b
CLA 10c12c					0.7 ± 0.4^a	1.1 ± 0.3^ab	1.6 ± 0.4^b
C20:4 ω-6	15.2 ± 2.2	11.5 ± 0.3	10.9 ± 1.1	9.7 ± 1.1	10.0 ± 6.8	11.6 ± 3.1	11.2 ± 2.1
C22:4 ω-6	2.2 ± 0.2^a	3.7 ± 0.2^b	4.4 ± 0.3^bc	5.4 ± 0.4	2.5 ± 0.4^a	2.0 ± 0.4^a	1.9 ± 0.2^a
C22:6 ω-3	8.1 ± 1.6^ab	9.3 ± 0.4^a	9.0 ± 0.5^a	8.5 ± 0.5^ac	7.1 ± 1.8^ac	5.7 ± 2.3^bc	5.2 ± 0.6^b
TL (%)	1.4 ± 0.1	1.5 ± 0.1	1.6 ± 0.3	1.4 ± 0.2	1.5 ± 0.3	1.3 ± 0.3	1.3 ± 0.3

Results expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 4) of the fatty acid percentages; different letters in the same row are statistically different from each other (p < 0.05)
CLA conjugated fatty acid (C18:2), TL total lipids

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